Inflation, Markets, and Rates ALL FED UP!

[video_player type=”embed” style=”1″ dimensions=”640×360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ ipad_color=”black”][/video_player] Thank you FED!! In today’s trading, we witnessed some staggering moves to the upside, across the board, in one of the largest moves we’ve seen to date. Join Don in tonight’s video as he shows us how we are right on target to the upper edge of the expected move and what we can look forward to in the remaining days of the trading week…

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Big Fed Day Wednesday – Where are Your Markets Right Now?

[video_player type=”embed” style=”1″ dimensions=”640×360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ ipad_color=”black”][/video_player] With the Federal Reserve announcement this Wednesday, we update our price levels and trade targets from key inflection points not only in the equity market, but Oil, Gold, Bonds, and the US Dollar. We also pinpoint key ‘must hold’ levels in leading stocks that will be in play not only Wednesday but going into Friday’s Monthly Jobs Report…

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Roller Coaster Market Ends Higher Ahead of FOMC Announcement

[video_player type=”embed” style=”1″ dimensions=”640×360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ ipad_color=”black”][/video_player] Do you like volatility? You better get used to it after a late day rally saw Tech lead. With the FOMC set to raise another 50bp this week, the back-and-forth isn’t likely to go away any time soon. While the market is roiling, it’s commodities that are firming up near support with big UOA trade in GDX (TLT, CSCO, MSFT, MAT, HD, IYR)…

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How Much More Carnage will Markets Sustain?

[video_player type=”embed” style=”1″ dimensions=”640×360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ ipad_color=”black”][/video_player] -4211 and the critical breach below -currency movement -correlation in the SP100 -Forget the Fed -GDP declines-1.4%, did inflation peak? -tech earnings -mega market cap debacle SPX Expected Move– –last week–    134.17 (expected move) –next week–   168.46 (expected move)

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Earnings Bonanza! What’s Up, What’s Down and How it Sets the Stage for Friday’s Trades

[video_player type=”embed” style=”1″ dimensions=”640×360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ ipad_color=”black”][/video_player] The long-awaited earnings numbers – and initial market reaction – are in for Apple (AAPL), Amazon (AMZN), Caterpillar (CAT) and other key stocks. With split outcomes – and a few surprises – what will be the effect on the NASDAQ and broader SP500 market? Update your price targets and trades as we go into Friday and a potential volatile week ahead with more earnings and major news announcements…

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Can Big Tech Save the Markets?

[video_player type=”embed” style=”1″ dimensions=”640×360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ ipad_color=”black”][/video_player] MSFT and FB rally on earnings beats. GOOGL plunges on a miss. Tomorrow after the close is AAPL and AMZN. This is make or break for the markets. Here’s what to look for in the underlying of the market. One thing is for certain volatility is here to stay…

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NASDAQ Down 5%: What’s Leading it Lower

[video_player type=”embed” style=”1″ dimensions=”640×360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ ipad_color=”black”][/video_player] We’re in the heat of earnings season with major companies reporting this week including most of the “Monsters of Tech.” However, two big names reported today after hours and sent shares tumbling lower, even after another strong sell-off in equities. In tonight’s video, we pinpoint which stocks are leading us lower including updated levels in Microsoft (MSFT) and Alphabet (GOOGL), then finally pinpoint the risk-off spike higher in Treasuries…

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Rally Back or Ready for Another Smack?

[video_player type=”embed” style=”1″ dimensions=”640×360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ ipad_color=”black”][/video_player] The major market indices rallied strongly off of the lows to end the sell-off…for now. What’s next? Is this just a bearish reset, or do the bulls have any legs left to carry the market higher. A look at today’s unusual option activity gives some indication of how the bulls and bears are positioning themselves. (IWM, EFA, NCLH, CZR, GT, GDX, AUY, AA, ET)…

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Dramatic Selling Creates These Opportunities

[video_player type=”embed” style=”1″ dimensions=”640×360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ ipad_color=”black”][/video_player] Market Update– –SPX EM – it is getting REAL out there –correlation made a comeback –volatility explodes back on the scene –volume in SPUZ incredibly light –FED officially against the markets Pricing Pressures Moving Forward –Tech earnings may take a back seat to present volatility –GOOGL, NVDA serious technical breaks –MSFT, FB on the edge –Can Bonds rally? –packed event calendar Positions– –option premiums and back month skew have exploded –shorting stronger sectors –game face on for Monday… it’s serious now… SPX Expected Move– –last week– 98.06 (expected move) –next week– 134.17 (expected move)  

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A Reversal of Fortune and a Trading Day – What’s Ahead

[video_player type=”embed” style=”1″ dimensions=”640×360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ ipad_color=”black”][/video_player] Earlier in the week we had a rallying market with Netflix (NFLX) falling yet today we have a falling market with Tesla (TSLA) rallying. Just as the market is bigger than any one stock, broader money flow trends are playing out and in tonight’s video, we focus mainly on the technology sector and the NASDAQ but make special reference to the weakness in Small Caps and the Russell 2000. We finish the video by pinpointing where the strongest stocks are but also the surprising stocks that continue to press new lows…

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Don Kaufman Don Kaufman

TheoTrade co-founder, former CBOE market maker and thinkorswim Chief Derivatives Instructor.

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